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India non-committal on troops to Iraq: Vajpayee

IRNA

New Delhi, Sept 16, IRNA -- Indian Premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee left 
for Turkey enroute to the UN on a 13-day visit Tuesday morning. 
Vajpayee told reporters at the airport before leaving Tuesday 
morning that India was non committal on the issue of sending Indian 
troops to Iraq and observed that due to some recent developments the 
role of the UN has been questioned. 
Indian Premier remarks come in the backdrop of the Defense 
ministry making it clear that it cannot spare troops for deployment in
Iraq at this juncture as there was no let-up in cross border terrorism
and they were needed to effectively counter it." Vajpayee, who is 
heading a high level delegation, said, "the UN session is going to be 
very important. To what extent the international community can 
maintain peace and carry everybody along, will be discussed." 
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